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package com.streamsets.datacollector.lineage;

import com.streamsets.datacollector.task.Task;
import com.streamsets.pipeline.api.lineage.LineageEvent;

/**
 * Lineage publisher task is responsible for instantiating and and propagating lineage events to the lineage publisher
 * plugins and their lifecycle management.
 */
public interface LineagePublisherTask extends Task {

  /**
   * Publish given event to the lineage plugins.
   *
   * @param event Lineage event that was generated inside this data collector.
   */
  public void publishEvent(LineageEvent event);
}
